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swalsh on Nov 27, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: 62% of 16-24s prefer books as physical products

Its a distraction in a novel, but a life saver in a text book.

bonemachine on Nov 27, 2013 [–]

It can also be very useful in fiction works with geographic, historical other implicit external references, and/or unknown/foreign words.

If it's distracting, there can just be an option in the reader to disable it. Problem solved.

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